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Slovenia People - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Population

2,099,790 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Slovene(s)

adjective: Slovenian

Ethnic groups

Slovene 83.1%, Serb 2%, Croat 1.8%, Bosniak 1.1%, other or unspecified 12% (2002 est.)

Languages

Slovene (official) 87.7%, Croatian 2.8%, Serbo-Croatian 1.8%, Bosnian 1.6%, Serbian 1.6%, Hungarian 0.4% (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside), Italian 0.2% (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), other or unspecified 3.9% (2002 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Svetovni informativni zvezek - neobhoden vir osnovnih informacij. (Slovene)

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Religions

Catholic 69%, Orthodox 4%, Muslim 3%, Christian 1%, other 3%, atheist 14%, non-believer/agnostic 4%, refused to answer 2% (2019 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.55% (male 156,499/female 148,987)

15-64 years: 62.73% (male 685,750/female 631,553)

65 years and over: 22.72% (2023 est.) (male 208,832/female 268,169)

2023 population pyramid:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 55.5

youth dependency ratio: 23.6

elderly dependency ratio: 31.9

potential support ratio: 3.1 (2021 est.)

Median age

total: 45.9 years (2023 est.)

male: 44.6 years

female: 47.5 years

Population growth rate

-0.08% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

8.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

10.5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations; pockets in the mountainous northwest exhibit less density than elsewhere

Urbanization

urban population: 56.1% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 0.54% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

286,000 LJUBLJANA (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 1 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

29 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 1.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 1.6 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 1.4 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 82 years (2023 est.)

male: 79.2 years

female: 85 years

Total fertility rate

1.6 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.78 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

improved: urban: N/A

total: 99.5% of population

unimproved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 0.5% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

9.5% of GDP (2020)

Physicians density

3.28 physicians/1,000 population (2019)

Hospital bed density

4.4 beds/1,000 population (2018)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 99% of population

unimproved: urban: N/A

rural: N/A

total: 1% of population (2020 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

20.2% (2016)

Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 11.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 4.54 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 5.26 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 1.26 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

Tobacco use

total: 22% (2020 est.)

male: 24.4% (2020 est.)

female: 19.6% (2020 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

46.4% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

5.8% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

definition: NA

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.7%

female: 99.7% (2015)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 18 years (2020)

NOTE: The information regarding Slovenia on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Slovenia 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Slovenia 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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